Education Information
The Simcoe County District School Board (SCDSB) has started the process of developing the membership list for the 2010-11 Accommodation Review Committees for Clearview Twp. Elementary schools and Barrie Secondary Schools. Information on the process for nomination of members was sent out to schools. school councils, municipal councils and local news outlets this past week. [...]
At a high cost to parents and without enough spaces to meet demand, full-day kindergarten before and after care (FKBAC) is coming to Ontario this fall. This McGinty driven initiative dictates locations, numbers of pupil places, and the base-price to be charged to parents. There are not enough spaces province or county-wide to meet demand, [...]
Starting in September 2010 the new Early Learning Kindergarten Program ( ELP ) and its extended before and after care components, will be introduced to 16 schools within the SCDSB. The program will roll out over the next four years under the Ministry of Education’s direction. The before and after care component includes care from [...]
Trustee convinces school board to rethink ARC process By Shawn Giilck Enterprise Bulletin Dec. 04,2009 The schools in Clearview Township can breathe a little easier for the moment as the accommodation review process by the Simcoe County District School Board has been dropped. Trustee Caroline Smith introduced the motion to drop the review process in [...]
Clearview Township’s deputy mayor, Alicia Savage, was at the meeting and ecstatic about the board’s decision to stop the ARC process.
Savage, a member of the Clearview ARC, had pushed to halt the ARC’s work until the new provincial guidelines could be incorporated into the board’s new policy.
“Caroline Smith pulled off the impossible,” Savage said. “We are truly fortunate to have her in our community. She really gets it and she really cares.”
The deputy mayor also praised members of the ARC, including co-chair Stephanie Davenport, for pressing to use the new guidelines and trustees who took the request to heart.
In a telephone interview Thursday, Smith said she was amazed by what happened the night before.
She praised members of the now disbanded ARC for pushing the board on the issue of the provincial guidelines.
